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Re: Lower Ball Joints!!!!!!!!!!!
Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
Thu, 1 Mar 2001 21:39:28 -0800
...Those joints are tapered and will seat when torqued to specs. Leon 85 Subwagen Westy Tom Young wrote: > Hi all: > > A few days ago...
Re: stripped oil drain thread
Historical mailing list - J Roth
Sun, 16 Jul 2006 08:03:21 -0500
...The solution I did was as Zoran advised - tapping w/ a 3/8" NPT pipe tap and then using a tapered pip tap (similar...
Re: Tie Rod end removal/Control arm bushings
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 9 Jun 2009 14:32:45 -0700
...It's a larger tapered part , than the tie rod is, so you'd need a pretty wide/large pickle fork for the upper...
Re: Sealing propane tank fittings
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Wed, 19 Nov 2003 11:49:48 -0800
...Any better ideas? >> > > I like Teflon tape on any tapered thread fittings myself, but the tradesmen I > know who spend their days winging together...
Re: removing side window & saving seals
Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
Sun, 17 Oct 2004 21:56:36 +0000
...removing side window & saving seals >> >>Actually there are regular glass tools for this- hardwood sticks >>tapered >>down like a carpenters pencil. Probably made by...
throttle body modification question 84 to 85 (amended)
Historical mailing list - Dave Caston & Sherrie Payne
Thu, 18 Feb 1999 01:10:08 -0500
...the plate design inside- flat brass looking on the 84 v. tapered aluminum on the 85) and now it is herky gerky at real...
Re: Volks Cafe / Cutting Brake Rotors
Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
Fri, 7 Apr 2000 00:59:49 EDT
...When I measured the cut rotors, I found them to be tapered .008" across the width of the pad sweep area and so, obviously...
Re: New diesel oil pans
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Mon, 11 Sep 2000 23:11:06 -0700
...The old tapered shaft style work fine until someone over tightens it and then the seat cracks and the thing will drip forever. I...
Re: Strategy for low-mess oil drain.
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Thu, 21 Jul 2011 08:43:53 -0500
...Unscrewed the drain plug, let it drop onto > the screen on the used oil catcher, and sat back until the drool of oil > tapered...
Re: oil pressure problems,still
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 10 Oct 2006 21:25:55 -0400
...If the threads do come out, Use a 1/8 pipe nipple (tapered threads) and a coupling. The threads are close enough to get...
Re: Front Wheel Bearing Source
Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:03:33 -0500
...One of my ancestors, a great uncle with the last name Tipton, actually invented that tapered roller bearing. He built them out of wood...
Re: Torque spec that requires calibrated fingers
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 27 May 2011 18:08:22 -0700
...have only one thread of engagement. but don't go tapping. tapered thread right ? turn it in until there's some resistance. don't...
Re: Pedal foolery
Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
Tue, 6 Sep 2016 18:31:54 -0300
...I find all the pedals in the LT to be undersized … I think it is the tapered edges (the lower 1/3 to 1...
Re: repairing arm rest
Historical mailing list - Jay lefstein
Wed, 2 Jun 2010 07:30:11 -0700
...Finally, I used a screwdriver to keep > everything aligned with just a small amount of the bore open to > receive the tapered end of...
Re: A Westy awning (UPDATE)
Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
Wed, 16 Dec 2015 12:32:52 -0500
...I shimmed the bracket with some > tapered plastic so when I flex the leg back to mate > to it, the angle is right. It...
Re: Can't remove Auto trans
Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
Wed, 7 Jun 2006 15:59:21 -0700
...They are like inside-out screw extractors (Easy-Outs), with the tapered twists on the inside, instead of the outside. Kind of pricey, but...
Re: Engine compartment door hinge
Historical mailing list
Tue, 6 Sep 94 17:55:37 ADT
...A tool called an Eze-out is available, it is a reverse thread tapered screw that you tighten into the partly drilled out bolt...
Re: Fan Belt Woes
Historical mailing list
Fri, 28 Apr 95 14:38:44 PDT
...RE the not-screwed-in part, these sensors have tapered pipe threads, and get tighter and tighter as you screw them in. You're...
Re: Parts? &Clunks&Bolts
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
Sun, 15 Dec 2013 11:51:53 -0800
...Scott On 12/15/2013 11:26 AM, Dennis Haynes wrote: > The tapered ring part number is 251-413-097. It is also shockingly...
Re: Brake squeal
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 10 May 2015 10:57:13 -0400
...This time we put the GoWesty ones with the tapered edges. We have tried the brake treatment spray. It works for a few days...
Re: Heater hoses
Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:23:21 -0800
...The rear heater uses a weird > tapered hose which connects to a 5/8x5/8x(something smaller) tee,so that has > to be dealt...
Re: heater control lights
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Thu, 24 Nov 2011 21:47:47 -0800
...most of the time.... > Gee, actually seeing the colors and the tapered graphics, back lit.....I > might get a little more fancy with my...
Re: What dumb thing do you repeatedly do with your Vanagon?
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Fri, 28 Sep 2012 11:12:04 -0500
...Really really had to pee. > > Replacement cap fell off somewhere...aftermarket cap sucks, locator > > "nose" > > not as long as original, nor is it tapered...
Re: oil plug woes
Historical mailing list - Tony
Tue, 3 Jul 2001 07:53:35 -0700
...plug then put the Easy-out (looks like a > backwards-twist, tapered > drill bit) in the hole and start turning the > Easy-out ... as...
Re: Dash blower fan
Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
Sun, 10 Dec 2017 13:41:07 +0000
...Replace the tapered tamper-proof bolts holding the steering column to the frame with regular hex bolts to make your job easier next time...
Installing VDO Oil Pressure Sender
Historical mailing list - Davidson
Mon, 1 Nov 1999 20:38:00 -0800
...I got my hose made up with a 1/8 inch male pipe thread fitting on one end and a 1/4 inch tapered...
Re: Alternator continuous-duty rating?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 23 Sep 2012 17:19:12 -0400
...And you're right, the big three-groove crank pulley is tapered, at least on the engine I just looked at (random 2.1l...
Re: How do you remove/install center A/C vents on late model Vanagon?
Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
Wed, 4 Jun 2003 09:31:53 EDT
...The smaller tapered tunnel is supported by the second tunnel and the front unit -- slide it into the second tunnel, slide the front unit...
Re: Now freeze plugs, Was Oops - I let the engine freeze
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Fri, 4 Feb 2011 20:14:40 -0600
...The plug is stamped from steel with a deep, raised, tapered rim. The top of the rim is larger than the hole and the...
Re: Bearing load on reverse driven transaxles
Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
Wed, 25 Nov 1998 19:51:56 -0600
...The pinion shaft and it's double tapered roller >bearing should be just fine in either direction. Yup, the double tapered roller bearings, and...
Re: Changing the propane regulator -#2
Historical mailing list - Rob
Wed, 4 May 2011 12:47:38 -0700
...wrench) to the 2 way splitter that screwed into the regulator >(tapered thread). >I used 2 wrenches (just like you bend brake lines) to...
Re: Kamm tail + mpg
Historical mailing list
Fri, 4 Nov 94 12:24:39 AST
...Essentially, a long gently tapered back end allows the air flowing over/under the car to merge together cleanly, without creating a turbulent suction...
Re: Ball Joints??????
Historical mailing list - Zoltan
Thu, 19 Apr 2001 21:49:38 -0700
...Taking out the tapered fittings are the hard part for me. That's why you need the tool. If the split pin is too...
Re: Found a timesert in the spark plug hole
Historical mailing list - Roland
Mon, 3 May 2010 14:16:47 -0700
...Instead the sealing surface on the >> plug >> and the head are tapered like a flare fitting. >> >> All the VWs I've owned had the...
Re: 82 won't start when hot was re:83' won't start when hot
Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
Thu, 16 Oct 2003 11:58:40 -0400
...I hope you kept the one you took out. ;) Incidentally, if I remember right that pressure sender uses a tapered pipe thread. Don't...
Re: Parts? &Clunks&Bolts
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Sun, 15 Dec 2013 17:24:22 -0700
...On 12/15/2013 11:26 AM, Dennis Haynes wrote: >> The tapered ring part number is 251-413-097. It is also shockingly >> expensive...
Re: Brake swap
Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
Sat, 14 Jan 2006 14:31:19 -0800
...Don't forget to bleed! The brakes, that is...:-) Depending on how hard the tapered swedge fits on the ball joints are to pop...
Re: Torque spec that requires calibrated fingers
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Fri, 27 May 2011 18:14:22 -0700
...have only one thread of engagement. > but don't go tapping. > tapered thread right ? > turn it in until there's some resistance. > don't...
Re: 5sp trans determination was: 5sp trans woes
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 10 Aug 2010 12:37:20 -0700
...After > talking > to some helpful gentlemen at various vw rebuilders, i determined that my > problem is most likely the pinion shaft 'double tapered bearing...
Re: Pedal foolery
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Tue, 6 Sep 2016 17:52:26 -0700
...I find all the pedals in the LT to be undersized … I think it is the tapered edges (the lower 1/3 to 1...
Re: refrigerator update
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Fri, 30 Jun 2017 11:25:05 -0700
To confirm, do not use teflon or other tape at threads of unions involving a tapered fit. As you noted, that taper is meant...
Tie Rod end removal/Control arm bushings
Historical mailing list - Troy
Mon, 8 Jun 2009 21:10:45 -0800
...got that right) which from what I understand temporarily distorts the tapered hole releasing the tie rod end. Is there some reason a gear...
RE: Bolt extraction (with lasers)
Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
Fri, 17 Nov 1995 08:33:00 -0800 (PST)
...They're the reverse-pitch tapered style and made in >Germany. I've used "Easy out" brand "outs" before and have had them slip...
Re: squeak be gone
Historical mailing list - DaveC
Sat, 13 Apr 2002 09:45:56 -0700
...The wheel's tapered lug seats or a single bolt/nut maybe deformed slightly, just enough to cause some movement between the wheel metal...
Re: tie rod removal...
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:02:39 -0700
...outer tie rod end ? >> .........where there's a nut and a tapered thing that makes it jam into >> the >> steering arm. >> >> here's a...
fuel pump spacer stuck
Historical mailing list - Mark A Thomas
Sun, 5 Nov 1995 14:14:43 -0600 (CST)
...I really need something tapered, like a screw extractor. Of course, I've got to be careful once the piece is loose that I...
Re: Front seat belt replacement
Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
Sat, 17 Jun 2006 15:12:01 EDT
...In fact the cut outs in the cabinet--if I recall correctly--are tapered to the exact shape of the recoiling mechanism and likely...
Re: Tie Rod end removal/Control arm bushings
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Tue, 9 Jun 2009 15:35:29 -0700
...It's a larger tapered part , > than the tie rod is, so you'd need a pretty wide/large pickle fork for the > upper...
Re: Strategy for low-mess oil drain.
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Thu, 21 Jul 2011 00:02:47 -0700
...Unscrewed the drain plug, let it drop onto > the screen on the used oil catcher, and sat back until the drool of oil > tapered...
Re: Oil Pressure Switch
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 24 Aug 2008 22:15:13 -0400
...This is mostly tapered thread fittings such as used on pipe. The oil pressure switch adapter (bushing) is a fine thread that relies mostly...
Re: tranny mount and CV-joint bolt questions
Historical mailing list - jimt
Mon, 8 Nov 2004 05:30:56 -0700
...the end of the 12pt bolt is slightly shorter and more > tapered than the replacements I'm looking at... thanks for opinions. > > Cheers, > Mike...
Panel for Sale (sob, sob)/ Purging
Historical mailing list
Tue, 17 Jan 95 17:32:34 AST
...It's about 1/4" outside, and I tapered the end slightly so that the bleed hole screw threads would grab on. Twist the...
clutch lever has left the housing(Thank you. Thank you very much)
Historical mailing list - roger sisler
Tue, 2 May 2006 07:42:20 -0700
...The end of the screw driver is tapered , and I used this as a wedge(about 3/8 inch small). It only took a...
Re: Bearing load on reverse driven transaxles
Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
Wed, 25 Nov 1998 17:37:45 -0600
...There's >a significant amount of longitudinal loading on those bearings, >which is why they usually use double tapered roller bearings...>> > >The only place...
Re: How to remove the tie rods??
Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
Mon, 1 Nov 1999 22:35:11 -0800
...A tap on the side of the tie rod hole (perpindicular to the tapered tie rod part) and it will pop right out. The...
Front Shock Replacement, 85 Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
Sat, 4 Aug 2012 13:17:01 -0700
...2. � With vehicle on ground, use a 22 mm (not 23 mm per one website) to remove the nut, bolt, and split tapered sleeve...
charging aux battery: too much of a good thing?
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:11:51 -0700
...This quickly tapered down over a few minutes to a steady 25 amps. I wonder if maybe I have too much charging? I have...
Re: Sealing propane tank fittings
Historical mailing list - Christensen
Wed, 19 Nov 2003 22:20:25 -0600
...Any better ideas? >> > > I like Teflon tape on any tapered thread fittings myself, but the tradesmen I > know who spend their days winging together...
Re: Captain's Chair vs. Kitchen top cover
Historical mailing list - Oxroad
Tue, 4 Jan 2011 20:06:38 -0800
...kitchen top cover change to >> where the front-most corner is tapered or rounded, and why? >> ............. >> >> >> If the later style kitchen cover does allow...
Re: drilling into pop top
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:22:18 -0400
...and they are designed to make a clean exit leaving a tapered disk of material on the drill -- something to watch for if you...